centralize
verb (used with object)
to draw to or gather about a center.
is centralizing
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present progressiveof centralize (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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DIS 0.49%increase; green up pointing triangle is centralizing its marketing efforts into a new enterprise marketing and brand organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
The goal is centralizing an Afrocentric perspective, removing ourselves from the naming that exists in the West.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
The Vatican is centralizing its contracting and procurement procedures in a bid to cut waste, root out corruption and bring the Holy See’s finances into the 21st century.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 1, 2020
Now that Ms. Brown has turned her attention to banks, she is centralizing local drives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2012
Whatever his own ecumenical design, he is centralizing and strengthening papal authority, rather than moving it in a direction that would attract Anglicans.
From Time Magazine Archive
